Title :
Process Variation Compensation of a 2.4GHz LNA in 0.18um CMOS Using Digitally Switchable Capacitance
Author :
Yike Cui ; Baoyong Chi ; Minjie Liu ; Yulei Zhang ; Yongming Li ; Zhihua Wang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
A 0.18mum CMOS 2.4GHz LNA (low noise amplifier) with digitally switchable capacitance has been designed to investigate its ability to compensate for performance variation across worst case process conditions. The effects of transistor model and passive component variation are first simulated to quantify the range of performance uncertainty. The use of various methods of switchable capacitance is then investigated at multiple LNA nodes to observe the effect on S11, S21, and NF. After calibration, the new design allows for 300MHz of frequency tuning and improvements in S11 by 7.2dB, S21 by 2.4dB, and NF by 0.6dB.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; UHF integrated circuits; low noise amplifiers; 0.18 micron; 2.4 GHz; 300 MHz; CMOS LNA; digitally switchable capacitance; low noise amplifier; performance uncertainty; process variation compensation; Bonding; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuits; Impedance; Noise measurement; Parasitic capacitance; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device modeling; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2007. ISCAS 2007. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0920-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0921-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2007.377838
